SOURCE NUMBER 1

“Specific Page Title or Article Title”	BULLYING: pictures videos news
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc)	News stations, newspaper contributors, court trials and police convictions.
Title of the Entire Website (not www. )	Huffingtonpost.com
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given)	AOL
Date Page was Last Revised	Not Given
Date You Read It	7 February 2012
<URL address> (ALL of it)	http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/bullying

FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE:

The definition of the word bully: "A person who uses strength or power to harm or intimidate those who are weaker."

Children are not cruel. Children are mirrors. They believe what we believe. They say what we say. And we have taught them that gay people are not okay. That overweight people are not okay. That Muslim people are not okay.

Children bully in the hallways and the cafeterias while we bully from behind government’s laws, legislative benches and in one-liners on sitcoms.

The most common forms of biased language among elementary school students are the use of the word "gay" as in "that's so gay”. This sort of discrimination affects kids younger and younger as time goes on. I myself didn’t know what gay meant until around 7th grade.

Over the past few years, there has been an increase in research on bullying in schools.

Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION):
This website is a bundle of posts of everything from talk shows, to lawsuits that groups victims of anti gay-lesbian violence, elementry school bullying, online bullying, victim suicice, bullying in the army, sports teams and every other kind you've heard of. It gives shocking insight as people are free to comment on each post and therefore share their own related experinces with whoever is reading.

Credibility of Source:
Author or Site: Who is the author? What training have they had? If there is no author, examine the site. What is the purpose of the site? Who funds the site?

This site is legitimate because there is involvment with news sources and court systems. Stories comply with many online databases such as major news sites. It is also the worls largest online newspaper (Huffington Post) and therefore implies its own legitimacy.

Does the author or site have anything to gain from writing this, or is it simply informative? For example, is it a cigarette business posting an article about the benefit of cigarettes, or is it a scientific community unaffiliated with the cigarette business? 

It is simply to inform.

Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing?
Not at all.

References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility?
Yes, there is a link to its respective news network website or court database.

Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project?
I will call apoun some stories as examples of what its like to be bullied, and ill hope to find insight on both sides so i can actually put together a 2 sided aurgument.

rationale for choice

This topic appeals to me because i grew up in a city where there was a definate line between social classes at my old middle school, where i saw a great ammount of harassment and mistreatment between students. This issue is a problem all over the world and I belive its not addressed widley enough.

As far as this topic goes, bullying can be done in more than a few ways, cyber bullying, bullying in school hallways, adults being bullied, verbal abuse, physical harassment, and more. Victims of most of these unfourtunate events usually tend to stay silent about their situation.

About this subject, i hope to learn about the psychological damage done by extensive bullying. I know already a broad idea but im sure that theres some deeper effects, probably long term, that affects the victim in terms of how they function daily. From production in work to the lack of self esteem to get through everyday social tasks.

The thing that most interests me about this topic is the actually bullies themselves. Because i belive they were victims once themselves, and now use their time by projecting their pain and insecurities onto others. The mental build up of a bully is pretty interesting, from waking up in the morning to falling asleep at night they must constantly deal with the resentment others feel for them, but i can only guess that it gives them a certain satisfaction that they cant find elsewhere.

The only challenges i can see is finding someone that will admit to either being a victim or being an actually bully at some point in time. However the stereotypical bully is hard to find nowdays, most are online and hide behind computer screens as they prey on those they dont like, and finding someone to talk about that may be a bit of a challenge.